17 Facts About Sue Cleaver

Susan Cleaver was born on 2 September 1963 and is an English actress.

Sue Cleaver is best known for portraying the role of Eileen Grimshaw on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which she played from 2000 to 2025.

Sue Cleaver was born on 2 September 1963 in Barnet, Hertfordshire.

Sue Cleaver is adopted; however, she reconnected with her birth mother when she was in her twenties, and discovered her two half-sisters, actresses Emma and Kate Harbour.

Sue Cleaver was married to James Quinn between 1993 and 2003; they have a son together, Elliot, born in 1998.

Sue Cleaver later married Brian Owen, a lighting technician, after meeting him on the set of Coronation Street.

Sue Cleaver studied at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre, and her first television appearance was a small part in an episode of A Touch of Frost.

Sue Cleaver went on to star in the acclaimed drama series Band of Gold before landing a role in the film Girls' Night alongside Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn.

Sue Cleaver appeared as PC Sylvia Holland in This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, a miniseries, in 2000.

Sue Cleaver had a small part in the Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett film The Man Who Cried.

Sue Cleaver covered for Denise Robertson as the agony aunt on the ITV daytime programme This Morning until Robertson's death in 2016.

Sue Cleaver completed three years of training to become a psychotherapist.

In 2022, Sue Cleaver was a contestant on the twenty-second series of I'm a Celebrity.

Sue Cleaver placed 9th after sixteen days in the jungle.

In 2023, Sue Cleaver made a guest appearance on the ITV show Loose Women, and then became a regular panellist.

In 2024, Sue Cleaver wrote and published her first book, A Work In Progress, through Bloomsbury.

Sue Cleaver is patron of the charities Prevent Breast Cancer and When You Wish Upon a Star.